The Bills are a team that seems on the brink of disintegrating. There wasn’t a moment in the final 50 or so minutes of the game where you thought the Bills had a chance to win. They fell behind, kept digging the hole deeper, and by midway through the second quarter it looked like the entire roster had checked out. That’s a problem, and one that Sean McDermott never had to deal with last season, even during that dreadful three-game losing streak in November when Buffalo allowed 135 points. There needs to be some major soul-searching this week at One Bills Drive.

Pass Offense

Derek Anderson had no chance, and that wasn’t his fault. With three days of practice, and playing with a unit so devoid of talent, Anderson had exactly the kind of day you would have expected from a guy who hasn’t played a meaningful snap of football in two years. He threw three interceptions, lost a fumble, and completed one pass longer than 20 yards. That one was to Kelvin Benjamin, who had his best game, though it seems appropriate that it came in a lost-cause affair. Charles Clay’s fumble when the Bills were driving after Indy’s first score was an early death blow.

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Run Offense

Props to the offensive line which didn’t play that badly. Anderson is a statue, but he was sacked only twice and he had time to throw on most of his dropbacks. And despite losing LeSean McCoy on the second play of the game to a concussion, the running game churned pretty well as Chris Ivory plowed for 81 yards on 16 carries, and Marcus Murphy, forced into action, had 53 yards on just four carries. None of the ground game success mattered, though, because the Bills turned the ball over five times.

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Pass Defense

Andrew Luck completed 17 of 23 passes for 156 yards, mundane numbers, until you get to the two that mattered most: four TD and no turnovers. Luck engineered TD drives of 75, 74 and 82 yards in the first half, and the bulk of the big plays came in the passing game as the Bills lost coverage on several plays and looked confused on their assignments. The pass rush was non-existent as Luck was not sacked and the Bills were credited with just two QB hits. Tre'Davious White had a pass interference, Jerry Hughes had a dumb personal foul, and Jordan Phillips and Kyle Williams each went offside, all during a seven-minute stretch in the second quarter.

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Run Defense

The Colts came into the game as the 30th-ranked running offense in the NFL, then went out and gained 220 yards against the Bills, a defense that was sixth-best in terms of yards allowed per attempt. Marlon Mack had 126 yards to lead the way, and then two guys named Nyheim Hines and Jordan Wilkins combined for another 93. I’m guessing none of those guys are frequent starters on any fantasy teams. The Bills tackled terribly, they lost gap control, and they also got beat around the edges. In other words, it was a disaster as the Colts achieved 11 first downs via the rush.

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Special Teams

It was a nothing day in the kicking game. Marcus Murphy took over kick returns with Ray-Ray McCloud and Taiwan Jones inactive and he averaged 16 yards on three attempts. He was also deep on punts and did not have a return, though he did slip trying to catch one, and the ball ended up bouncing behind him, costing the Bills about 20 yards in field position. Not that it mattered. Stephen Hauschka made his only field goal attempt, and Corey Bojorquez will probably get the lone game ball awarded as he averaged 46.3 net yards on four punts, three of which were downed inside the 20. There’s an acquisition that has worked out well for the Bills.

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Coaching

McDermott may be losing this team. The Bills looked disinterested in playing once they fell behind 14-0. He referred to the youth of the roster, and he made sure to give the Colts credit. But that was lip service. His team was beaten to a pulp by a Colts team that had lost five of its first six games. It was embarrassing. On offense, Brian Daboll has nothing in his vast playbook that can make up for the ineptness of the players he has to work with. On defense, Leslie Frazier’s guys had played well for a month straight, but that was a tire fire in every way as not a single player on defense made an impactful play.